Frugal Friday...the August 23rd Edition on Saturday

There are very few Frugal wins over the past few weeks.

*  Getting my surgery was a big win!  I just hope all these side effects subside and don't hang around.

*  I brought gift cards to VA with me so I could treat my brother and sister in-law to some stuff.  We got Domino's pizza(my brother's fav)and Panera bagels another day.  That's all they were interested in.

*  I did some rebate shopping after getting home....

The Skinny Dipped PB cups were on clearance and I had Ibotta rebates making them .75¢ each  The Truvia and Arm & Hammer detergent where all BOGO.  The Cheese Factory Rolls were on clearance plus I had a $1 off digital coupon.  The 4 yogurts in the back where on clearance for .59¢ each and the 8 in front were on sale and I had Ibotta rebates.

This is what I got at CVS.  We kept the Mini-Wheat(Hubs like)and the Chex Mix bars(I like).  I used my ECBucks and earned more ECBs back.

This bunch we kept the mouthwash, the tuna packets, the 2 liter soda, the 2 Lay's Stax, the pack of razors, the garbage bags(on clearance), the Truvia liquids, the Knorr cups and the Scott paper towels.  The Arm & Hammer laundry packs and the Goodles went back to the store.

The 3 packs of feminine care items, the 2 cereals, the 5 boxes of mac & cheese, the bag of tortilla chips all go to the food bank.  The Axe body spray and the Neutrogena cleanser will be sold(to help pay for the food bank items).

*  I found money!  It was a great few weeks for found coins.  Here is all the change I found in Virginia....

Then last week I found 3 pennies. 

One in the parking lot near the Chinese Restaurant.....

Then another in the parking lot of the new Dollar Tree nearby that we went to check out(I didn't buy anything  but I found a penny there and forgot to take a picture of it).

                                       

Then this penny I found in the parking lot of either the Walmart on Wednesday or the Kroger on Thursday.  I don't remember which it was at.

Total Found 7-14-8/8....$1.78(but I already counted .76¢ of that in my July 19th Post)

Total Found last week.....03¢

Grand Total Found this Year.......$6.96 & 5.30 Euros

That's all I got and all I can do right now.

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

Sluggy     

 

Frugal Friday....the March 15th Edition

There are very few Frugal wins this past week but here goes....

*  I successfully used up odds and ends and incorporated them into new meals and no food got thrown out. 8-)

*  I did some Ibotta rebating this past week and ended up spending $6.56 total after all the Qs/Rebates/Points.  Some of what I got that we don't/can't use will be donated.

*  We used a Subway coupon for 3 subs for $17.99 on the last day it was valid. $6 each for a sub(like in the pre-Covid days)and we used a partial gift card up.  Hubs got what he wanted, I got what I wanted and we agreed on the third sub because we would split it.  Lunch for me was half a tuna sub and dinner was half a chicken sub.  I've still got the other half of the chicken sub so that will be lunch or dinner today. Hubs is on his own since he ate his whole 12" sub for lunch yesterday. lolz

*  I got my eyeball zapped last Friday at the creepy eye doc's office.  My supplement plan paid the 20% Medicare didn't pay so no OOP for that.

*  I found money!

The March 9th Walmart trip I found 3 pennies in various spots in the store.

And on the March 12th trip I found a dime in the self-checkout coin return and then another penny by the drink cooler while leaving the self-checkout area.

Total Found in last Week.... .14¢

Grand Total Found this Year.......$2.03

That's all I got.  

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

Sluggy    

Frugal Friday.........the February 25th Edition

 So here are a few of the frugal-ish things that happened here this past week.......

*   No food waste.  I didn't cook much last week as we were leaving for a few days for the wedding so we ate leftovers and just fended for ourselves a lot.  Free hotel breakfasts for 2 mornings, free wedding meal.  Let's not count the rehearsal dinner we shelled out for or the suitcase of White Castle burger my kids talked me into paying for on Saturday night. ;-)

*  I used an old Chili's gift card to buy Hubs, 
Ex-CB and I lunch on the way to NJ on Saturday so no OOP spent.  Ex-CB covered the tip.

*  I bought all  this at various Rite-Aids on Sunday and Thursday.......

Got  $5 in Ibotta rebates on the Max Freeze and Mitchum and spent BC on everything.

Bought this stuff at R-A South of town.  Nothing spent OOP and $6 in BC earned, $3 earned at Swag Bucks(Baby Ruths)and $11.75 earned through Ibotta($8 Max Freeze, $1.50 Honest, $2 Manuka, .25¢ Quaker).

I bought this stuff at my R-A.  For some reason a $2 ManuQ didn't come off and the register wouldn't take my BC to pay so I had to use a gift card.  I earned $13 in BC($3 dry skin, $3 Nivea, $1 Manuka, $5 Honest spent $15).
I earned $9.50 on Ibotta.  I also got a $1 post coupon on the Caress(forgot to use it).

* I bought all this stuff for Ibotta rebates on a trip to Walmart on Thursday....

Not pictured is a loaf of Nature's Own bread, 2 different bags of Back to the Roots Soils, a pack of BTTR seeds and a lb. of Challenge Butter.

The beans qualified for 2 rebates as did the Maxwell House coffee.  The Soft Soap refills were on clearance for $1 and gave me $2 each in Ibotta rebates so better than free,=.

The only items not Ibotta rebates was the kids Dove items.  That was a Shop Kick deal.

Spent $28.55 after coupons and free $25 gift card and earned back $34.38 back in reg. rebates and bonuses.

The Shop Kick items cost me $1.78 total after kicks.

*  I found some clearance deals at Walmart when I went to do my Ibotta haul as well.......

The 8 Nestle morsels and Fudge Kits were .50¢ each,  the Rempure rose body wash was $3.55(Rose scent is my Achilles tendon), the 2 immunity packs were $2 each, the Bic razors were -.04¢ after coupons and the probiotics were $1.

Not a bad haul overall.

*  I received 3 J&J gift cards in the mail totaling $25.......

Still waiting on that $50 R-A gift card corporate is supposedly mailing to me.  It's been 4 weeks almost and their HQ is a 2 hour drive from here.  By now I could have
walked there and gotten it in person!!!

*  I got lots of freebies at the hotel where the wedding was held..............

From mints to little bottles of toiletries to K-pods to tea bags and creamer packets to Kleeex to Tylenol to pens and notepads.  Even a dishwasher pod. lol

I also got some free sodas and water.......

*  I also got some extra sodas from the rehearsal dinner...

More on that later. 8-)

*   I found money!

I found a penny and a quarter at Walmart on Friday.

I found 3 pennies at the Burger King drive thru also on Friday.

I got .50¢ from my daughter before she flew home as she doesn't "use" money.

Silly Rabbit!

2  pennies and a crusty dime in the parking lot on Tuesday on the sidewalk outside of Rite-Aid.

And 2 pennies in Aldi and a quarter from an abandoned shopping cart in the parking lot on Thursday.

Big money this past week!+

Total Found in last Week...... $1.18
Total Found This Year......$3.27

That's about all I've got for this past week.

Let's not even talk about the money spent this past weekend in Jersey!!(rehearsal dinner, gas, hotel, bar drinks though I am pretty good at getting men to buy me drinks lol, late night snacks, booking trips, paying to Kennel dogs, etc.

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

And have a good weekend and stay warm!  

Sluggy  

Shopping Last Weekend for Ibotta Rebates

 Well while I did no Ibotta shopping on vacation the day I came home I got a good Weekend Warrior rebate($5 for 18) and an extra Party Time rebate($5 for 5)that stacked.  Woohoo!  So out the door when my resolve to lay off Ibotta for May. lolz

All this earned me back $13.29 + $10 in bonuses so $23.29 on Ibotta.

I stopped at a Food Lion on my way home(we don't have those here)looking for 4 different Sweet Earth plant based meat offers that were free after rebates but they didn't have them so I snagged 2 bags of  Cheez-it popcorn, a free Rowdy energy drink, a small bag of Duke's mayo and 2 boxes of Dewey's lemon cookies.  Original price was $16.46, rebates for those 4 offers came to $8.73.

I stopped at a Rite-Aid also on the way home for the 4 Compeed items(BOGOF and working on a foot card Spend $30/Get $15 BC deal) and the Got2B hair styler on clearance for $1.62.  Total paid was $21.60 paid with Bonus Cash so no OOP.  Earned back $13.50 on Ibotta for those.  Also hit my R-A on Sunday for the 3 Polident pro-partial items(BOGO50%), paid Zero OOP and got back $4.50 on Ibotta.

Hubs and I hit Target on Saturday to spend down those free Target gift cards I have and to do the Beauty Spend $20/Get $5 Gift Card deal twice(plus pick up those gummy bears that were almost free after rebate and clearance price(and a half gallon of A2 milk(which satisfied 2 different rebates).  I got back $13.45 in Ibotta rebates and spent some gift cards.

Then on Sunday after hitting my R-A for the oral care items I went to Weis(PMITA)Markets and picked up the flat bread on the left side which was a freebie after Ibotta rebate of $3.69.

Total spent......$20.15
Total rebates...$23.29(not counting any Bonus Cash and Target gift cards these purchases partially earned me.

Not bad overall.
And I have not done any Ibotta shopping this week(my bonus is only $1 for 18 offers!! so not worth it)as I am still nursing my injured knee.  I may do the Weekend Warrior deals if the bonus is better and I can ambulate better too. ;-)

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Pillaging for the Week of April 18th....Whoa Nelly!

 Get ready for your Rite-Aid porn cousin!

Here is everything I "bought" this past week at Rite-Aid in two photos because I couldn't fit it all on the dining room table together. lolz

Not pictured are two large DiGiorno pizzas as well as the two online orders I placed that haven't arrived yet.  Independent of the 4 different coupon codes you could also do an online order per card/account as well.  Online there was an extra discount of $10 off your order if you hit $65 total before digital Qs or that $10 discount.  It will be about another week before 6 x Magnilife products, 2 x 7th Generation Paper Towel bundles, 2 x 7th Generation Dish Soap bottles and 6 bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide arrive but I have included them in the totals.

I was also forced to spend $2.52 on a credit card for one of my online orders as I was short that much in Bonus Cash and the form wouldn't let me use a gift card. sigh.  So I won't have a 100% savings rate this month. 8-P

Here are the numbers for R-A from last week.......

Bonus Cash Used/Rolled  $423.05
Gift Card Used                   $11.04
Credit Card                          $2.52
Total Spent                       $436.61

Bonus Cash Earned          $378.00
Ibotta/Coupons dotcom      $21.00
Cash Refund on 3 items       $8.34
Total Back                        $407.34

$436.61-$407.34=$29.27 OOP either on the c/c($2.52) or spending down BC($26.75).

Not quite free but it's a living. 8-))
I'm taking a break from R-A this week as it's not a great deal week(no coupon codes either)and I don't need to roll my BC anytime soon.

Now to work on my Walmart/Ibotta numbers from Friday.

Sluggy

Walmart & the Weekend Warrior Bonus Moneymaker

I got a $5 Weekend Bonus for doing 18 rebates.  While I was in Walmart an extra Bonus of $2 for doing 10 offers popped up to and they stacked. Yay!
I had 6 freebies on my list too so I figured it would be an easy shop and low OOP but as always things don't always work out how you think they will. lolz

Here is what I got for Ibotta.  Prices I paid included with coupons used if any where used, and Ibotta rebates in parentheses).  The * means it earned ShopKick points.

1 x Lola tampons on clearance=$2.00($2.00)

2 x Equal on clearance=$1.88($1.50)

1 x Colgate "bougie" toothpaste=$6.96-..75¢/1Q($5.00)*

1 x Kraft shredded Parm=$2.98(.75¢)

1 x V8 Splash drink=$1.84(.50¢)

1 x Ritz crisps crackers=$2.98(.75¢)

1 x Beef short ribs=$4.50($2.00)

1 x Kraft mac and cheese=.98¢(.10¢)

1 x Sargento sliced cheese=$2.95($1.00)

1 x Snuggle beads=$7.97-$1.50/1Q($3.00)

1 x Old Spice body wash travel size=$1.47 *

1 x Nestle strawberry morsels clearance=.25¢(.50¢)

1 x Degree body wash=$5.47-$2/1Q($2.00)

1 x Bai drink=$1.58(.25¢)

1 x Dove single bar=$1.18 *

2 x Core protein bars=$4.48($2.24)

2 x Malt O Meal cereals=$2.00 *

1 x Country Crock tub=$2.18(.75¢)

1 x Perfect protein bar=$1.98($1.98)

1 x Carbona stain remover=$2.28($1.00)

1 x Revlon 2 pack lip balm=$4.98-$2/1Q($2.00)

1 x 3 Musketeers bar clearance=.22¢**(.10¢) Not Pictured

SubTotal.........$63.11+$1.49 tax=$64.60

**I included the candy bar even though I didn't buy it for an Ibotta rebate because it did trigger a .10¢ any candy rebate.  I didn't "need" this rebate to hit the Bonus.

Take off the Qs used of $6.25 leaves a total of $58.35 spent.

I used a $50 gift cards from ShopKick to pay(earned from submitting receipts and earning points on purchases.  Everything with an * by it was either/or a ShopKick offer that earned me future points($10.40 worth)but I won't count those onto I cash out for a gift card again.

Taking that $50 off leaves a grand total of $8.35 OOP but on my credit card(which is paid off each month-I use it for c/c points).

On that $8.35 spent I earned back a total of $35.93 in rebates($34.93 on Ibotta, including the $5 Weekend Bonus, the extra $2 Willow Bonus and a .50¢ Level One Bonus AND another $1 back on Checkout51 for buying the Country Crock item).

$8.35 OOP-$35.93 back in cash rebates makes all the above a $26.80 Moneymaker. 8-)))

(I DID buy a couple other items-burritos, chili and raisin bread-which we needed that weren't part of my Ibotta shop.  Those came to $7.98.  Even if you count those items I still have an $18.82 moneymaker.)

Only 1 of the freebie offers did I find in the store(the Perfect bar)but I did find a Lola tampons box which the clearance price was the same as the rebate amount and a clearance Nestle morsels that gave me.25¢ in overage.

Nothing else was free but rebates/Qs/bonuses/free gift card did make it ALL better than free in the end.

I could have bought different things that would have been even less money but I chose to get things we either needed, wanted to try or could use or giveaway.

If you want to jump on the rebate app train I'd appreciate it if you used my referral codes so we both get extra cheddar. ;-)

Referral Codes-

Ibotta  mkaaxa

Shop Kick  FUN260238

Fetch  GC73D

Do you rebate shop?  What kind of success have you had with it lately?

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Totals from Last Week

Last week was CRAZY at Rite-Aid!  With 4 different "Spend $50/Get $15 Bonus Cash coupon bar codes I spent a lot of time there stacking BC deals with those bar coded Qs.  I shared a couple of transactions last week.

Here are some of the best items I got last week.  Some items were things we needed..........

7th generation items were Buy 2 Get $5 BC back.  I got 8 packs(on various cards/accounts)of baby wipes which cost $ per pair and I got back $5 per pair so $ per pack after deal.  I also found 2 packages of dishwasher pods which were $5.59 each and after $5 BC back each package cost me $3.09.  Not bad for something we need/have to have.

I got 8 bottles of Hydrogen peroxide.  These were $1.03 each with my 20% Gold discount and you received $1 in Bonus Cash for buying in pairs so they came out to .53¢ per bottle.

One store had a bunch of cosmetics on the 75% clearance shelf so I picked 5 up as filler items to get one of my transactions over $50 so I could use that "Spend $50/Get $15 BC"Q.  The two Almay make-up wipes were $1.62 each and I had a $3/2 Q, the Revlon mascara was $2.24 and I had a $3/1 Q, the Revlon brow kit was $3.24 and I had a $3/1 Q and the Almay mascara was $2.24 and I had a $3/1 Q.

I also picked up 3 packs of Conair bobby pins on a Buy Two/Get One Free deal and got back $3 BC on that as well.

I did the two different drink Deals a few times, the Clairol Deal once, the Trail Mix Deal twice which double dipped with the Easter Spend $25/Get $5 Deal too.  I did the Irish Spring and the Colgate Deals, the Nature's Truth Vitamin Deal a few times and the P and G Spend $30/Get $10 Deal a couple times.  The candy bars were a deal on sale for .88¢ and had .50¢ freshness peelies on them.  The Got2Be hair chalk was 75% off($1.74) and gave back $2.50 on Ibotta each.

There was more than what I shared photos of but since the deals are over(last week)no point in expounding on the finer points of it all.

Only I hiccup happened.  the cashier scanned my $50/$15 BC coupon AFTER scanning all my other Qs used so the register didn't give me the extra $15 BC back. Ugh!  So they gave me $15 in cash which worked too. ;-)

Grand Total of  BC and gift card monies spent for last week................$330.95
Grand Total of BC/Cash/Ibotta and Coupons dotcom rebates earned...$441.25
That makes everything a $110.30 moneymaker for the week.
I am a tad worn out with R-A right now but luckily I rolled all the BC so I am good until 5/2 or so to take a break. That's a good thing since this week is rather thin on the deals.

Sluggy

Just to recap 

We Interrupt This Frugal Friday for Important Rite-Aid Shenanigans!

I'll get to the Frugal Friday post tomorrow.  I wanted to blog about my Rite-Aid pillaging before it is too late for someone out there to see and be able to get some of the deals which end Saturday night.

If you didn't know there are FOUR different Coupon Codes this week and you can use each of them once per card/account this week.  They are all Spend $50 Get $15 in Bonus Cash coupons.  That's $50 before other coupons you may have and use so you don't actually have to "spend" $50 to use the BC Q.

One coupon is either on the weekly ad or you can go online to the R-A website and print it off of the online weekly ad.
Another coupon is an emailed version.
The other two are from the R-A facebook page.  Like their page and there are two different links in a couple of posts there this week-one links to a BC Q and another link takes you to a different BC Q.  You can look at the numbers in the UPC codes and see that they are all different. 8-)

I did this transaction on my Hub's card on Wednesday........

3 x Big Win cold brew coffee on sale=$5.00
4 x Big Win  tea and lemonade on sale=$4.00
2 x Nature's Truth melatonin BOGOFree=$6.49
2 x Nature's Truth Turmeric BOGOFree=$19.99
2 x Nature's Truch D3 BOGOFree=$15.49
SubTotal........$50.97

Coupons Used
1 x $15 BC wyspend $50
3 x $2/1 Nature's Truth IPQ=$6.00

$50.97-$6.00=$44.97+.12¢ tax=$45.09 paid with Bonus Cash

I earned back $39.00 in new BC($15 wys $50, $2 Red Bull/Big Win coffee, $2 Big Win drinks, $20 wys $40 Nature's Truth).
I also submitted to Ibotta for 1 of the Nature's Truth items and got $2 in cash rebates.
So $41.00 back on $45.09 spent.

I then did this transaction on son's card........

1 x Tide pods on sale=$5.94
2 x Oral-B toothbrushes on sale=$13.98
1 x Oral- B floss 2 pack on sale=$6.99
1 x Crest Brilliance toothpaste on sale=$6.63
1 x Colgate toothpaste on sale=$3.35
2 x Colgate toothbrushes on sale=$7.98
1 x Rice Chex cereal on sale=$1.99
1 x Irish Spring body wash on sale=$3.99
SubTotal.......$50.85

Coupons Used
1 x $15 BC wyspend $50 Q
1 x  $1/1Tide pods L2CQ=$1.00
1 x $3/2 Oral-B items L2CQ=$3.00
1 x $1/1 Oral-B floss L2CQ=$1.00
3 x $2/1 Colgate toothbrush/paste in-Ad Q=$6.00
1 x $1/1 Colgate toothbrush L2CQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Colgate toothbrush IPQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Irish Spring In-AdQ=$2.00
SubTotal......$16.00

$50.85-$16.00=$34.85+.42¢ tax=$35.27 paid with Bonus Cash.
I earned back $31.00 in new BC($15 wyspend $50, $10 wyspend $30 PandG, $3 wyspend $10 select Colgate, $1 Irish Spring, $2 wyb 2 "Better for you Oral Care"-the charcoal toothbrushes).
I also submitted to Ibotta for $5.75 in rebates(2 x $1 Oral-B toothbrushes,$3 Crest Brilliance, .75¢ Chex)so a total of $36.75 back in BC and cash on $35.27 spent.

I went out today too but don't have time now to lay out those details yet.

Sluggy

Rite-Aid This Week So Far

 The local Rite-Aid ad doesn't have the $10 when you spend $40 coupon on it so I went online to print off that Q from the ad there.

I only did one transaction so far.......

2 x Sundown Turmeric BOGOFree=$15.49
2 x Sundown D3 BOGOFree=$9.79
2 x Sundown Melatonin BOGOFree=$8.99
1 x Nutella to go cup 20% Gold disc.=$1.51
1 x Neutrogena acne bar soap 20% Gold disc.=$2.87
2 x Haribo gummies on sale 2/$3=$3.00

SubTotal........$41.65 so after .14¢ tax added on and my $10/$40 Q the total came to $31.79

I paid with a combo of Bonus Cash and free R-A gift cards so Zero OOP.

I earned back $20 in new BC plus $3.50 in Ibotta cash rebates.  Not a great deal(moneymaker)but not a bad deal after $23.50 back in BC/cash.

I may hit up a different R-A on Friday(if the weather is ok)and do a variation on this transaction on another card.  I can use the 4 Ibotta rebates(plus if my Gevalia coffee one resets by then).  I am currently 16 rebates away from earning my Feb. $10 Bonus so if I can do those 5 at Rite-Aid(and spend no money doing them)that means only 11 rebates at Walmart by the 28th.  8-))

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Trip This Week

 I found a few deals with week at Rite-Aid........

4 x Nivea shave stubble balm on clearance $3.99=$15.96(no Qs used)
8 x Freeman masks assorted types B2G2Free=$8.76(no Qs used)
Subtotal of $24.71=2+$1.53 sales tax=$26.94 paid for with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $14 in new BC(2 x $3 Nivea, 2 x $4 Freeman).  I submitted the 4 Nivea items to Ibotta for 4 x $2.50 rebate so another $10 back in cash so all that for $2.94.

Then I did on another card...
2 x First Health "Safe Key" on clearance $1.57=$3.14+.20¢ sales tax=$3.34 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned back $8 in BC(2 x $4 Safe Key)so this was a nice moneymaker!

Then I did the Freeman masks Deal again on another card so $8.76+.53¢ sales tax=$9.29 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned back $8 in BC(2 x $4 Freeman)so "spent down" $1.29 for 8 more masks.

Not pictured I did the Freeman mask Deal a third time and the Nivea stubble balm Deal a second time.  Paid $26.94 in BC again,, got back $14 in new BC and another $10 back on Ibotta for the Nivea.

I didn't find anymore Safe Keys at other stores this week but I'm full up on Freeman masks for Giveaways now. lol

Supposedly there will be $10 off when you spend $40 Rite-Aid Qs in the flyers next week and an online version you can print if your store ads don't have it.  R-A may also email you the coupon if they communicate with your account via email so look for that.  The sales ad next week is 4 whole pages so I hope we can find enough deals in there to make it worthwhile to use that $10 off $40 Q.

Sluggy

Shopping on Monday at CVS & Walmart

There was too much cloud cover last night to get a good look at the "star of Bethlehem" last night but here is a photo of our Christmas tree all lit up.......

Hubs and I went down the mountain to hit a few stores yesterday.

I had a couple of ECBs expiring(again!)before the end of the year which I don't want to worry about using so I did a shop at CVS..........

2 x Dove shampoo(lavender!)on sale=$7.00
2 x Tresemmé shampoo(not on sale)=$9.98
2 x Advil PM on sale=$21.98
4 x Oral-B toothbrushes on sale=$15.96
SubTotal......$54.92

Coupons Used

1 x $3/2 Dove DigitalQ=$3.00
1 x $3/2 Tresemmé DigitalQ=$3.00
2 x $1/1 Advil IPQ=$2.00
1 x $6/4 Crest/Oral-B DigitalQ=$6.00
1 x $1/1 Oral-B toothbrush DigitalQ=$1.00
1 x $3/$12 Hair Care CRT=$3.00
1 x $2/$10 CVS Naproxen CRT=$2.00
1 x $3/$10 Oral Care CRT=$3.00
1 x $1/$6 Manual Toothbrush CRT=$1.00
Coupon Total.....$24.00

$54.92-$24=$30.92

I used $30 in ECBs so paid .92¢+.01¢ sales tax=.93¢ OOP

I earned back $12 in new ECBS($2 Dove, $5 Advil, $5 Oral-B).  I earned a $3 Beauty Buck as well because the shampoos put me over $30 spent for my next BBuck, giving me $23 left in ECBs expiring in January.
I also submitted to Ibotta and earned $4 for buying the Advil putting me closer to the Ibotta Bonus.

Then it was off to Walmart to finish an Ibotta Bonus and do some ShopKicks too........

1 x Kellogg's Jumbo Packs=$4.98
3 x Suave Sleek Shampoos/Conditioner=$5.94
1 x Suave Professional Conditioner=$2.98
1 x Nudges Dog treats=$4.98
1 x Poise pads=$4.84
1 x Propel packets=$1.98
1 x Afrin nasal spray=$4.98
1 x Maggi chicken bouillion=$1.38
2 x Hall's cough drops=$3.28
1 x Delsym cough syrup=$9.88
SubTotal......$45.22

Coupons Used
1 x $1/1 Kellogg's Snack Packs IPQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Poise ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Afrin ManQ=$2.00
1 x $1/50/2 Hall's ManuQ=$1.50
1 x $4/1 Delsym IPQ=$4.00
Coupon Total.......$11.50

$45.22-$11.50=$33.72+.95¢ sales tax=$34.67

I earned back $10.70 on Ibotta plus reached the $5 Ibotta Bonus.

I submitted the receipt to ShopKick and got 4,150 receipt Kicks for buying the Suave, Afrin, Delsym, Nudge dog treats and Kellogg's Snax box plus a Suave hair bundle bonus plus an additional 75 Kicks for scanning various items and for just walking in the store so 4,225 Kicks total which is equal to $16.90.

$15.70+$16.90=$32.60 back in rebates makes this trip an OOP of  $2.07.

.93¢ CVS + $2.07 Walmart=$3.00 OOP but deduct the $4 Ibotta rebate on the Advil at CVS and now both transactions combined are a $1 moneymaker.

Sweet!

I need 9 more rebates on Ibotta to hit the $3 Sled Bonus so I am off to Weis(PMITA)Markets shortly. ;-)  I'll probably not make it to the last Xmas Bonus there but that's ok.
Then it's time to wrap more gifts and make fudge for gifts for neighbors and my Rite-Aid friends.

What's on your agenda today?

Sluggy

Prelude to Black Friday Rite-Aid Haul & the Report on 3 Days of Black Friday Hauls

So I had a $5 when you spend $25 coupon for Rite-Aid that expired on Wednesday.

I was lukewarm about using it as I was saving all my Bonus Cash for the Black Friday sales, but then I hit the clearance shelf at my R-A on Tuesday and found a cool mist Vicks Humidifier/Vaporizer for 75% off.  My store must have found this one back in the storage recently because these went on clearance months ago and I never saw one on clearance back then in my store.

With that $7.49 price I only needed to find $17.51 more to use that $5/$25 q.  Here is what I did on Hubs' card.....

1 x Humidifier 75% off=$7.49
3 x Pringles Wavy on clearance .49¢=$1.47
2 x Colgate optic white toothpaste 20% Wellness disc.=$6.38
1 x Oral-B twin pack toothbrush on sale=$6.99
1 x Visine 20% Wellness disc.=$4.79
SubTotal.....$27.12

Coupons Used
1 x $5/$25 R-A Q=$5.00
2 x $3/1 In-Ad R-A Colgate Q=$6.00
1 x $2/1 In-Ad R-A Visine Q=$2.00
Coupon Total....$13.00

$27.12-$13.00=$14.12+.37¢ sales tax=$14.49 paid for with a R-A gift card.
I didn't earn any Bonus Cash on this transaction but that's ok as I am pleased as punch to get that humidifier so cheaply!  Ex-College Boy will love those Pringles and the rest of this transaction(oral care and Visine)go into the toiletries stockpile for later.

I also earned $3 in cash rebates on the Coupons dotcom app($1/3 Pringles Wavy, $2/1 multi-pack of Oral-B toothbrushes)and $3.60 in Ibotta rebates(.10¢ any item, $2 Colgate, $1.50 Visine)so $14.49 spent but $6.60 back in rebates. 

The toothbrushes tracked toward a PandG Spend $30/Get $10 BC Deal too so I spent accordingly to reach $30 to get that BC deal too during the BF sales.

I forgot to use a $1/1 Visine hangtag ManuQ I had so I'll be going back today to do a post coupon and get $1 cash back for it.  After that this transaction will have cost me $6.89.....less than the clearance price of the humidifier.  I'll take it.

As for Rite-Aid Black Friday shopping this year....it was insane!  True there were very few freebies(things that earned you back equivalent funds in Bonus Cash)but instead of a "Spend $40 on stuff in the BF ad/Get $10 back in Bonus Cash" coupon of 2019, there was a "Spend $50 on anything in the store/Get $15 back in Bonus Cash" coupon.  And this was on top of anything that already gave you Bonus Cash in that purchase.
Plus there was a stacking weekly/monthly Deal on the Zim's Max Freeze pain relief.  During the BF sale it was $8 and gave back $7 in BC(limit 2)plus there was a $5 monthly deal on 1(limit 4)so if you bought 2 you paid $16 but you got back $24 in BC(and it tracked toward your spend $50/Get $15 BC too.  The Compeed was a great deal on Thursday(especially if you had the ManuQs-I did not-and there were Ibotta rebates).  Also the almost or free Colgate toothpaste had Ibotta rebates which made them large moneymakers until Ibotta pulled those rebates as well. 

Then me and a bunch of people who are die-hard Rite-Aid fans figured out that there were TWO different Spend $50/Get $15 in BC coupons-one in the weekly ad and one in the Black Friday ad and they had different bar codes so you could use one Q on a transaction of $50 and then use the other one on another transaction. So there was double opportunity to get free BC this year. 8-)))

On Thursday I ran up to Rite-Aid early in the morning to do the Home Despot gift card deal on each card....Spend $100 Get $20 in Bonus Cash.  I do this gift card every BF sale because we spend $$ at HD on house stuff anyway so why not get the deal and have basically free Bonus Cash to play with?

I also did 2 transactions on Thursday, spent at least $50-one on my card and one on Hubs' card and used a $50/Get $15 Coupon on each transaction.

Back again on Friday and/or Saturday after the $20 from the Home Despot gift cards kicked into the accounts and did another transaction on each card, using the BF ad Spend $50/Get $15 Qs.

Here is everything I got on my card during those 3 days of the BF sale.........

I used a total of $121.11 in Bonus Cash for all this.
I earned a total of $104 back in new Bonus Cash, a $5 Catalina for buying the 7th Gen laundry detergent and $8.65 in Ibotta rebates($5 Compeed, $2 Colgate, $1.55 cereal, .10¢ any item).
After all was said and done I was "down" $3.46 for these transactions.

And here is everything purchased with Hubs' card.........

I used a total of $95 in Bonus Cash for all this.
I earned a total of $100 back in new Bonus Cash, a $5 Catalina for buying the 7th Gen laundry detergent and $5.50 in Ibotta rebates($2 on each Listerine item, $3 on each Purex item and a .50¢ Listerine Bonus).
After all was said and done I was "up" $15.50 for these transactions.

I ended up finishing up the Spend $30/Get $10 BC PandG Deal on Hubs' card(the Tide, Pantene and multi pack Oral-B toothbrushes above).   I hit 3 different Rite-Aids over the course of the 3 days in order to finish up/find what I wanted.  I had to go to a bigger store to find the coffee Monster drinks for Ex-CB and to find another set of Conair/Scunci freebies and Baby Ruth candy bars.  My store had very few of these things and started Thursday with no Baby Ruth bars but the bigger store was still loaded with much more on Friday.

On Saturday I went to CVS after debating on whether to go or not during the BF sale there.  I didn't have any ECBs expiring until 12/11 but what the heck. ;-)

We get take-out from Applebee's as it's one of the few restaurants still open here so I did the gift card deal(would spend cash there anyway so why not earn $25 in ECBs to get some stuff?).

I wasn't there to get any gift sets or other giftie deals, I wanted to get the freebies after ECBs and practical stuff for us.

The Colgate, cleansing wipes and CVS Acetaminophen were free after ECBs.
Unfortunately I didn't have that BOGO or B1G2F Babo TP CRT so that cost me $7.99 for both packs after ECBs and BOGO sale but that's ok by me.
The razor was .99¢, the toothbrush was an .81¢ moneymaker, the Joah cosmetic items were $2.98 for both, and the Eucerin was $8.98 for both after all Qs, CRTs and ECBs earned back.  There was also .31¢ off (40% off of one item)but I can't tell which one from my receipt. lol

I rolled $46 in ECBs and earned back $43.19 in new ECBs including a $3 Beauty Buck(plus I have an older $5 ECB left)so I didn't spend my ECBs down at all in the end darn it!  CVS has me in their snare.....argh

I spent $3.85 OOP also on all this(not including the gift card)besides all the Extra Care Buck action.

Then on the way home from CVS I stopped into Dollar General to see what deal I could make up using the $5 off $25 Saturday Q.......

I had a $3/2 Vaseline IPQ and 2 x $2/1 DentaLife dog treats ManQs but otherwise all the other Qs used were DG digital ones.

I spent $5.97(.22¢ was sales tax)OOP for everything, a savings of $26 according to my receipt.  rah.

Not a bad haul to finish off all the Black Friday weekend shopping madness. 8-)

Did you get any good shopping deals during the Black Friday weekend?

Tell us all about it!

Sluggy

Frugal Friday......the November 27th Edition on Sunday

  Here's what passed to frugal around Chez Sluggy this past week.  Let's get to it!

*  I forgot to mention that I got this the previous week at the Freeosk in Walmart....

A Twinings tea bag. rah.  I generally hit the Freeosk when we go there but 95% of the time it's out of samples.  I got lucky that week. lolz

*  I hit CVS this week to spend ECBs on Saturday and get some freebies.....

After paying for the gift card(and earning $25 ECB)I ended up with $3.87 OOP and I have over $45 in ECBs now.

I hit R-A too........once on the 24th and then over and over again during the 3 day Black Friday sale.  More on that in it's own post later this week.

*  I had a $5 off $25 RA Q I used on Tuesday.  Forgot to use a Q so got this as a "post coupon" on Wednesday......

*  The Coupons dotcom the app had 2 rebates when you bought Jet-Puff marshmallows and another for Cool Whip, one was for $2.50 the other for $2.00.  I bought both items at the restaurant supply store(not sure they'd honor the offer since it wasn't a "grocery" store)and I got the $4.50 in rebates on Thanksgiving day.  Both items combined cost me $2.49 OOP so a nice moneymaker.  The marshmallows are being saved for Wintertime cocoa drinking not for sweet potato casserole since we don't make that dish and if we did we wouldn't put marshmallows on it. ;-)

*  On Tuesday this arrived in the mail....

My CareGiver/Spend $25 Get a $10 prepaid Card.  Of course I didn't actually "spend" $25 since I got everything at Rite-Aid to qualify for this. ;-)

*  I got 2 freebies at Weis this past week.  I had over 500 reward points so I used 400 to get a free family sized Lasagna and then 100 to get a turkey breast at a discounted rate(.49¢ a lb.? I don't remember.).  You earn 1 point for every $ you spend there on groceries and such OR you can do a survey every 7 days and earn 100 points at a pop.  You know me so you know I did 3 surveys in November so 300 of my 500+ points were earned from surveys not spending money.  Score!

BTW-the lasagna was pretty bland so we'll jazz it up when I serve it as a leftover.  The turkey breast went into the freezer for later this Winter.

*  I've been getting very cheap cheese blocks this month at Weis(PMITA)Markets.

They've been running a special if you buy at least 2 packages of Cracker Barrel you get them for $2 a block.  Ibotta has had an offer most of the month for a $1.50 rebate on each Cracker Barrel block(limit 5 offers until it resets).  That makes each block of cheese .50¢ after sale and rebate.

It reset again so I'll run to Weis later today and get 5 more blocks. Now I have to figure out some meals using all this cheese. ;-)

*  My doctor recommended that I get a new BiPAP machine since mine is 7 years old.  Since I've hit my insurance deductible for the year and my DME company wrote it as a purchase and not a rental I got a new machine and the insurance company paid for it in full.  Nothing out of pocket on my end.  This machine goes for over $1800 so I was stoked about that.

*  I found money!

On Nov. 23nd I found a penny in front of the register counter at Rite-Aid.  My friend there, the Assistant Manager said there's a stack of change someone left outside on the ledge of the building under a window.  Went outside and found that .12¢ too!

That made .13¢ for the day/stop.

I hit the jackpot on Nov. 24th at Aldi.  I don't know but maybe everyone was in such a hurry with Thanksgiving shopping that they didn't take their quarters out of the cart slots when they returned their carts.  And these were carts deep in the line of carts(10 carts in or so), not ones left loose at the end or near the line of returned carts for someone to snag without using a quarter.

If last week was the Week of Dimes, this week's theme is the Week of Quarters. ;-)

Then when I went back in to get a refund on the 2 butters I was overcharged for(limit was 6 so no way I bought 8 but the receipt said I paid for 8), I found a dime on the floor while I waited for the Manager to come out and take care of the mistake.

Later that same day I found a nickel at Rite-Aid......

I opened my car door and it was sitting there in the parking lot.

Total Found $ This Week....$1.28
Total Found $ So Far This Year....$52.53

*  We hit the restaurant supply store on the 24th.  They had these cans of Libby brand pumpkin(the size that makes 2 pies)for $2.99.  Not a great price.

So we bought one of these #10 cans of pumpkin instead(between the creamed corn and the pumpkin pie spice blend to the right of the photo).....

For just $1 more($3.99)I got enough pulp to make 4 pumpkin pies and that only used half of the can!  I divided up the rest of the can into two Ziploc baggies and put them into the freezer for Christmas or whenever.

8 pies for $3.99 vs. 2 pies for $2.99 will win in my book every time. 8-)

That's about it from here this week.

Any frugal wins at your house this past week?
Let us know all about them so we can celebrate your wins too!

Sluggy